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Knights surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 23 Jan 2026 ACDT
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Knights surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Knights sea temperature is
19.6° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Knights today?

The current surf forecast for Knights at 9AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 23). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (23 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (23 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s

Table - waves today at Knights. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121111111112181717161616171716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43738237032526025123918916012612891120197373545525683890104396996910811257
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
5
NNE
5
SSW
10
SSE
5
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
30
NNW
30
NW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:50AM
1.04
4:07PM
0.73
4:09AM
0.97
4:39PM
0.82
4:20AM
0.89
5:17PM
0.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:24AM
0.30
9:15PM
0.33
10:26AM
0.33
9:47PM
0.47
10:21AM
0.35
10:12PM
0.63
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise--6:22-------6:24-------6:24-----
Sunset------8:30-------8:29-------8:28-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151415253031292323263036383220171616161820201816
Feels °C (?)131111192728262019212629312818151414141517171515
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